The Quiet Professional

S4E18: Perilous Journalism & Living In Exile – Luis Najera

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Original Recording Date: 2025APR28. 

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

Views and opinions of the participants are their own.

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TOPICS:

  • Guest: Luis Horacio Najera - is an acclaimed journalist and crime analyst from Mexico who has lived in exile in Canada since 2008. He was the PEN Canada-George Brown Writer in Residence in Toronto, and recipient of the 2010 CJFE International Press Freedom Award and one of the 2011 Human Rights Watch Hellman/Hammet Awards. In 2022 he was named one of the 10 Most Influential Hispanic-Canadians.
  • Personal story.
    • Reporting from the most dangerous places on Earth.
    • Losing friends and colleagues to violence.
    • Truth in reporting. 
    • Life in exile.
      • Organized crime & government.

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        REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

        Important Links:

        1. Luis' books:
          • The Wolfpack: The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld - https://a.co/d/aT0UA2m 
          • The Uncaged Voice: Stories by Writers in Exile - https://a.co/d/6K5g4UF
          • Luis' podcast:
            • Dos Amigos: Ideas que florecen del desierto - https://open.spotify.com/show/4hFkRaBgbPKVluH3RmSu1G 

              • Profiles and Social Media: 

              1. Find Luis on:
                • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/ 
                • LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/luishnajera
                • X: https://x.com/najera13 

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